Countdown to New Mammoth Lakes Bridge

The cause of the collapse of Mammoth's Lake Mary Rd. bridge remains under investigation. It was a sudden and shocking development last month when, on a Friday evening, the tunnel and bridge fell straight down on the road. No one was hurt. Today, a new bridge zooms along with completion expected before Thanksgiving.

Mammoth Town Manager Rob Clark said the construction of the new bridge moves along on track. The new structure is a metal bridge similar to what existed previously. Clark said the structure comes in sheets which are bolted together and attached to new footings.

Crews now work on a back-filling process which is very sensate and has to proceed very slowly to carefully balance out the new bridge. An engineer remains on scene to guide this process.

The gondola for Eagle Lodge goes right over the bridge structure. (Photo: Cleland Hoff)

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About Benett Kessler

Always interested in writing, Benett was the editor of her high school paper, proceeded to the University of Chicago and then out West where she and John Heston formed Eastern Sierra News Service in Inyo County. They fed film to KNXT in Los Angeles and co-wrote and produced the first daily radio news in the Eastern Sierra. Their work ranged from a published news magazine to the first television newscast. They continued to provide videotaped news to KABC and other news outlets. After a seat on the Mammoth Times board and work as newswriter, Benett formed her own company, Sierra Broadcasters and launched an FM radio station, now KSRW and a broadcast television station, KSRW-TV33. The latest addition - Sierrawave.net. Her company motto: Comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.